The Others, 2003. C-print. Different sizes. MADE BY GRAND ROYAL ART.
Showed at two occations: Gallery F15, Moss, Norway November 2003 - January 2004 and Preus Museum, Horten, Norway March - May 2005. See documentation of the shows below.
The Others was supported by Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond.
These are the images from the The Others-installation, presented arbitrarily for this web page:
The Others at Gallery F15 in Moss. Grand Royal Art filled the project room with 66 photographs.
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From the opening at Gallery F15 in Moss November 2003:
 Synnøve looking at the picture of herself through the door.
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 Siri talking with the guests.
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 Friends and other guests are looking at the pictures with great interest. |
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Press release:
The Others is in the first instance about the individual's/the artist's meeting with the world around her, and in the next about the viewer's meeting with this world and the depicted people through the photographs. The people portrayed meets the viewers with a direct and confronting look. As a contrast to this extrovert look, the viewers also see interior and landscape images. Scenes absent with people, but with traces of human activity, invites the viwer to take part in the work using their own look. The Others is all about looking. The piece consists of over 60 photographs, which can be placed within different photographic discourses.
By juxtaposing these motives and mixing the different genres the four photographer's gaze is placed together to become one expression. The images are taken both at home and while travelling, Romania, Bahamas, France, Germany and Sweden. That way the audience is confronted with visuals both familiar and unfamiliar.
Norwegian press release:
The others handler om enkeltmenneskets/kunstnerens møte med omverdenen, og i neste instans om betrakteren som møter denne omverdenen og disse menneskene gjennom verket. De portretterte møter betrakteren med et direkte og konfronterende blikk. Som en kontrast til dette utadrettede blikket kan betrakteren finne interiører og landskap. Med fraværet av mennesker, men med spor av menneskelig aktivitet, inviteres betrakteren til å selv ta del ved å bruke sitt eget blikk. The others handler om å se. Verket består av 70 fotografier, der bildene kan plasseres i ulike fotografiske genre.
Ved å sette disse motivene opp mot hverandre og de ulike genrene sammen blir fire fotografers blikk sammenstilt til et felles uttrykk. Fotografiene er tatt hjemme og på reiser i utlandet, Romania, Bahamas, Frankrike, Tyskland og Sverige. I så måte blir publikum konfrontert med et visuelt uttrykk som indikerer både noe kjent men også noe annet enn det hverdagslige.
 
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Top left: Jonas Ekeberg, Director and curator opens the exhibition. Top right: Crowd at the opening. Bottom left and right, and big picture to the right: The Others installation at Preus Fotomuseum.
